From the left, Candace Chapman (Canada), Christine Sinclair (Canada), Ali Riley (New Zealand), Marta (Brazil) and Alex Morgan (USA) are WNY Flash players who played for their World Cup national teams.

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Jeff DiVeronica
Staff writer

Abby Wambach says more than 100 people asked for her autographs as she walked down the street this week - in New York City, not Rochester.

Goalkeeper Hope Solo is on Sports Illustrated's cover and her Twitter account exploded from a mere 10,000 followers three weeks ago to more than 230,000.

Fans are giddy about rookie forward Alex Morgan's trademark pink headband and on Wednesday a WPS-record crowd of 15,404 fans showed up to welcome home Wambach at Rochester's Sahlen's Stadium for a match between her magicJack club team and the Western New York Flash, which includes Morgan and five-time FIFA ...